Asteroids named after people called Pelle

(8535) Pellesvanslos

Named for the fictional character Pelle Svansl枚s, a brave cat that appears in G枚sta Knutsson's children's stories. Some of the adventures of this cat, whose tail was bitten off by a rat when he was only a few days old, take place in the section of Uppsala where the astronomical observatory is located.Discovered 21 March 1993 by C.-I. Lagerkvist, La Silla